U.S. Troops Leave Korea, North Koreans & Soviets Celebrate
U.S. Troops Leave Korea, North Koreans & Soviets Celebrate
Master 1782 - Tape 2 Panning TLS U.S. Army troops leaning over rails of passenger liner (note the plethora of lifeboats) during troop withdrawal from South Korea, 1953. Sideview MS two U.S. Army master sergeants & captain wearing khaki uniforms & carrying filled bags, boarding boat. MS white male U.S. Army men boarding boat. Panning sideview MS white woman (Army nurse?) boarding boat. Tilting MS U.S. Army soldiers (grunts in combat uniforms & gear) boarding boat. Panning LS soldiers in khaki uniforms on deck. MS flag of South Korea (Republic of Korea, RoK) billowing in wind, large boat in BG. Stunning Russian film of Soviet Red Army soldiers marching through North Korea, being showered by North Korean civilians: TLS Soviet Red Army soldiers & officers marching in formation through town; traveling MS North Korean woman smiling, throwing confetti at camera, KPA soldier standing beside her; panning MS Red Army officers marching grimly through crowd of happy North Koreans; traveling shots crowds of happy North Korean civilians celebrating; TLS/MSs Red Army soldier operating motorcycle w/ sidecar in which Russian officer sits, driving through confetti & crowd-littered street, North Korean children clamoring onto bike. MS Red Army soldiers standing in open railcar, smiling & holding flower bouquets & waving goodbye as train departs. VO: "... left behind a democratic regime, select & supervise free elections. As a military force they left a 100,000 man army well-trained in U.S. tactics but lacking modern heavy equipment. With these American combat forces gone only a 500 man military mission remains. Russia released these films of troop departures from North Korea after having firmly established the usual Communist regime."